H.R. 525Veterinary Public Health Amendments Act of 2011

1 recorded action78 of these members are on the 2026 ballotWhat the measure does Read on Congress.gov

Sponsor: Tammy Baldwin [D-WI-02]
Cosponsors: 3 · 2 Democrats · 1 Republican
Policy area: Animals
Committees: Energy and Commerce Committee, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Latest action: Mar 9, 2011 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

IntroducedFeb 8, 2011
Passed the HouseMar 8, 2011
Passed the SenateNot yet reached
Sent to the PresidentNot yet reached
Became lawNot yet reached

What the measure doesCRS summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Veterinary Public Health Amendments Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise a public health workforce grant program designed to increase the number of individuals in the public health workforce to include a health professions school or program of veterinary public health. Defines "veterinary public health" to include veterinarians engaged in one or more of the following areas to the extent such areas have an impact on human health: biodefense and emergency preparedness; emerging and reemerging infection diseases; environmental health; ecosystem health pre- and post-harvest food protection; regulatory medicine; diagnostic laboratory medicine; veterinary pathology; biomedical research; the practice of food animal medicine in rural areas; and government practice.

Expands the public health workforce loan repayment program to make such veterinarians eligible for the program.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 525 as passed House without amendment on Mar 8, 2011. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

How every member votedHouse roll call 164

House Mar 8, 2011

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

Veterinary Public Health Amendments Act of 2011

Passed · Two-thirds required

280 Yea 138 Nay 14 not voting

Crossed both parties 95 of 418 voting members broke with their own party: 95 Republicans.

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All members432 members

Democratic192 members

Republican240 members

marks half of the votes cast. A party’s majority is the side most of its voting members took.

Cosponsors3 · 2 Democrats · 1 Republican

Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 525 and vote against it. 1 signed when it was filed.

DKurt Schrader [D-OR-05]Original

DFrank Pallone, Jr. [D-NJ-06]Joined Feb 11, 20112026 profile

RPhil Gingrey [R-GA-11]Joined Feb 11, 2011

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Who lobbied on H.R. 52511 organizations

Organizations that named H.R. 525 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.

BAYER CORPORATION (CONSOLIDATED REPORT)

Government Issues · Agriculture · Transportation · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code +20 more4 filings · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2012Filing

AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONIts PAC: American Veterinary Medical Association PAC

Agriculture · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code · Health Issues · Pharmacy +8 more3 filings · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2011Filing

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF VETERINARY MEDICAL COLLEGESfiled by WAYNE ALLARD ASSOCIATES, LLC

Education2 filings · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2011Filing

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF VETERINARY MEDICAL COLLEGES (FKA ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN

Agriculture · Health Issues · Budget/Appropriations2 filings · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2011Filing

ARKANSAS FARM BUREAU FEDERATION

Agriculture · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code · Budget/Appropriations · Environment/Superfund +1 more2 filings · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2011Filing

PENNSYLVANIA FARM BUREAU

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code · Health Issues · Trade (domestic/foreign) · Transportation +4 more2 filings · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2011Filing

THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

Government Issues · Education · Agriculture · Transportation +6 more2 filings · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2012Filing

THE TRUSTEES OF PURDUE UNIVERSITY

Agriculture · Transportation · Education · Science/Technology +6 more2 filings · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2012Filing

AMERICAN FARM BUREAU FED

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace · Commodities (big ticket) · Animals · Fuel/Gas/Oil +15 more1 filing · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2011Filing

ANIMAL HEALTH INSTITUTE

Health Issues · Budget/Appropriations · Animals1 filing · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2011Filing

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